My guess is that most of the people on the forums wound up on facebook. I see more stuff there than I do here. There are lots of young people that are interested in shooting the classics that are there. I miss the articles people wrote, range reports and competitions that took place. Rapidrob and Da...

Slowbob, Have you ever thought to write the author? I have started to re-read the book with this in light. Despite missing info and errors there is a lot of compelling information. Scarlatta mentions a consignment of "Mauser Muskets" shipped in 1937 to Spain. All of the "Mauser muskets" were stamped...

There is a short segment on Naval Mines in this fascinating article: https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/cleaning-up-after-wwii/ A recently deceased friend of mine was an EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Technician. The most interesting case he dealt with was with a Civil War Naval mine ...